Off to Miami...

I'm heading down to Miami for a couple days for business, but while I'm down there I'm planning on attending a really neat food event called the Burger Bash which is a part of the South Beach Food & Wine Festival and hosted by Rachael Ray. Essentially, it's a big tent on the beach filled with different stations with Chefs cooking what they think is the best burger. At the end of the night, there is a vote as to which is the best. There are some pretty neat Chefs lined up for the event (Spike from Top Chef! & Bobby Flay!). I bolded the ones I'm planning on scouting out to see what they have prepared

• Ai Fiori (Michael White)
• Allen Brothers (Samir Dhurandhar)
• Amstel Light (Jonathon Sawyer) Food & Wine Magazine Best New Chef Winner
• B Spot (Michael Symon)
• Bistro one LR at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
• BLT Steak Miami (Laurent Tourondel) Food & Wine Magazine Best New Chef Winner
• Bobby's Burger Palace (Bobby Flay)
• Bulldog Burger (Howie Kleinberg)
• Burger & Beer Joint
• Charm City Burger
• Ciao Bella Gelato
• El Mago de las Fritas
• Every Day with Rachael Ray  (Paul Malvone, Boston Burger Company)
• Good Stuff Eatery (Spike Mendelsohn)
• Fireman Derek's Pies
• Ingrid Hoffman
• Jacques Torres
• Landmarc (Marc Murphy)
• Lonesome Dove Cafe (Tim Love)
• Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink (Michael Schwartz)
• Morimoto (Masaharu Morimoto)
• Qsine by JVS from Celebrity Cruises (Jacques Van Staden)
• Radius (Michael Schlow)
• Shake Shack
• Town Kitchen & Bar
• The National (Geoffrey Zakarian)
• Umami Burger
• Village Whiskey (Jose Garces)

Needless to say, I'm pretty excited! Like any red blooded half American man I love a good beer and burger. The only downside to this event is that I'm stuck drinking Amstel Light the whole night...

You can read more about the event here:
http://2011.sobefest.com/e/amstel_light_burger_bash_presented_by_allen_brothers_hosted_by_rachael_ray-3